[Asis-l] NISO Webinar: Understanding Critical Elements of E-books: The Social Reading Experience of Sharing Bookmarks and Annotations

[Cynthia Hodgson]

WEBINAR: The Social Reading Experience of Sharing Bookmarks and Annotations

DATE: September 12, 2012

TIME: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)

REGISTRATION & INFORMATION:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/ebooks_social_reading/

ABOUT THE WEBINAR

The NISO Digital Bookmarking and Annotation Sharing Working Group was formed
following discussion meetings funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation held
in October 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany, and San Francisco, CA. The group's
goal is to develop a standard syntax for how bookmarks and notes should be
located in a digital text, especially in online environments that might be
continually updated or mutable. NISO’s September 12 webinar, The Social
Reading Experience of Sharing Bookmarks and Annotations, will present
perspectives on this initiative, with speakers covering its background, one
approach to annotations serving as a high-level framework, and the need for
standardized bookmarking mechanisms in practice.
 
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

• Annotation Sharing and Social Reading Landscape -- Todd Carpenter, NISO
Executive Director

• The Open Annotation Collaboration: Leveraging Annotations Across
Boundaries -- Rob Sanderson, Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Research Library

• hypothes.is: Open Source Peer Review for the Web -- Dan Whaley,
Founder/Product Manager, hypothes.is

REGISTRATION

Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm
Eastern on September 12, 2012. Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG
members and students. Can’t make it on the webinar date/time? Register now
and gain access to the recorded archive for one year.

Visit the event webpage to register and for more information:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2012/nisowebinars/ebooks_social_reading/



Cynthia Hodgson
Technical Editor / Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
chodgson at niso.org
301-654-2512